5 newsmakers to remember, 5 to forget in 2013 -- and 10 to watch in 2014

December 27, 2013

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3. EDWARD SNOWDEN. The government calls him a felon and a traitor. Most of the world calls him a whistleblower and a hero. Even as he is lambasted as an aider of terrorism (ridiculous), the Obama administration and the NSA have been forced to make key reforms. And it’s not over by a long shot.

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3. EDWARD SNOWDEN. The government calls him a felon and a traitor. Most of the world calls him a whistleblower and a hero. Even as he is lambasted as an aider of terrorism (ridiculous), the Obama administration and the NSA have been forced to make key reforms. And it’s not over by a long shot.